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Barium sulfide (BaS)

CAS 21109-95-5

Used in 1 industrial sector tracked by the EPA.

US production35.4M lb
Import volumeZero
Import dependency0%
Top sourceNo public record

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 283090 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production 35.4M lb · Imports Zero
2019
US production 133.6M lb · Imports Zero

HS customs code 283090 covers 34 tracked chemicals in total. US Census does not break out this chemical's share, so the country-of-origin mix is not available. EPA CDR reports import dependency at the chemical level separately, shown above.

EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Chemical Products

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core Chemicals
Downstream UsesNot recorded
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS21109-95-5
PubChem CID6857597
DTXSIDDTXSID30892157
FormulaBaS
Mol. Weight169.39 g/mol
SMILES[S-2].[Ba+2]

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Barium sulfide (BaS) (CAS 21109-95-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/21109-95-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID30892157. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID30892157 PubChem: 6857597. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6857597 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 21109-95-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 21109-95-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting